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* ''Manga/InuYasha''. Inuyasha and Kōga over Kagome (Creator/RumikoTakahashi count: 1).

* ''ComicBook/XMen''

** In the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' AlternateTimeline, Cyclops and Wolverine's fight over Jean Grey was ''gruesome'', with Cyke losing an eye and Wolvie losing a hand.
** In the main continuity, both still fight and squabble regularly over Jean as well, if (usually) somewhat less violently.

** Subverted in season 6, when Logan keeps throwing verbal jabs at Jess, who won't take the bait.

** Angel and Riley essentially do this on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E20TheYokoFactor The Yoko Factor]]" as well. Buffy threatened to hospitalize them if they kept it up.
** Angel and Spike do this over Buffy, just adding one more aspect to their competitive relationship. In ''Buffy's'' "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]" they both show their petulant jealous sides, but Buffy is more amused than angry. She eventually tells Spike that one day she's just going to put the two of them in a room and let them wrestle it out. When Spike says that's fine with him, [[GuyOnGuyIsHot her eyes widen in excitement and she says "There could be oil of some kind involved..."]]

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': While Robin's dating Don, [[GreenEyedEpiphany Barney decides he wants her back]], leading Ted to the same revelation. They both get blindingly drunk and beat the crap out of each other, then try to drag Don into a three-way cock fight. He declines, because, unlike them, he's sober. And since she's with Don, they both lose. In the long run, [[spoiler:Ted wins]].

When it comes to the competition itself, it is generally about displaying protectiveness, doing nice things for the girl, strength contests and other kinds of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything symbolic measurements comparisons]], preferably in front of her. More often than not, things can get out of hand -- sometimes up to ''physical'' confrontation -- if one of the suitors gets too close to the girl in front of his rival, or worse still, if he openly ''claims'' the girl for himself.

SisterTrope to HomosocialHeterosexuality, with the difference that the Cock Fight is always hostile and competitive, very often physical, and both men usually don't like nor respect each other at all, at least initially. Also, the woman is often present during these confrontations and can state her choice anytime.

* A gender-flipped, downplayed, and ultimately averted example occurs in ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild 2.0]]''. [[ChickMagnet Shinji Ikari]], for a small portion of the middle of the second act, has [[UnisexTrope both Asuka and possibly Rei gunning for his affections ]] [[ShipperOnDeck (though Asuka is ''[[GreenEyedEpiphany certain]]'' [[EveryoneCanSeeIt that she is and that she simply doesn't realize it)]]. The battle ground is [[DownplayedTrope Shinji's]] [[ThroughHisStomach palate]]. [[spoiler: Asuka convinces herself that she's giving her all, but, during the climax of the ''fight'']] [[spoiler: ([[CallBack in a re-do of]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the original]] and [[UncomfortableElevatorMoment awkward]] [[LeaveTheCameraRunning elevator scene]], [[LighterAndSofter though far shorter and with much lower stakes]])]] [[spoiler: Rei, sporting considerably more cuts on her fingers than Asuka, unintentionally reveals that she is the one who's been working harder to please him. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy After seeing this, and confirming that Rei does in fact like Shinji, Asuka surrenders]].]] The outcome is averted [[TimeSkip by]] ''3.0.'' [[spoiler: The Rei of ''2.0'' is either dead or simply absent,]][[spoiler: [[CallBack and Asuka all but states that]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion she'd rather die than do]] ''[[DoubleEntendre it]]'' [[UnresolvedSexualTension with]] ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds him]]''.]]

* A gender-flipped, downplayed, and ultimately averted example occurs in ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild 2.0]]''. [[ChickMagnet Shinji Ikari]], for a small portion of the middle of the second act, has [[UnisexTrope both Asuka and possibly Rei gunning for his affections]] [[ShipperOnDeck (though Asuka is ''[[GreenEyedEpiphany certain]]'' [[EveryoneCanSeeIt that she is and that she simply doesn't realize it)]]. The battle ground is [[DownplayedTrope Shinji's]] [[ThroughHisStomach palate]]. [[spoiler: Asuka convinces herself that she's giving her all, but, during the climax of the ''fight'']] [[spoiler: ([[CallBack in a re-do of]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the original]] and [[UncomfortableElevatorMoment awkward]] [[LeaveTheCameraRunning elevator scene]], [[LighterAndSofter though far shorter and with much lower stakes]])]] [[spoiler: Rei, sporting considerably more cuts on her fingers than Asuka, unintentionally reveals that she is the one who's been working harder to please him. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy After seeing this, and confirming that Rei does in fact like Shinji, Asuka surrenders]].]] The outcome is averted [[TimeSkip by]] ''3.0.'' [[spoiler: The Rei of ''2.0'' is either dead or simply absent,]][[spoiler: [[CallBack and Asuka all but states that]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion she'd rather die than do]] ''[[DoubleEntendre it]]'' [[UnresolvedSexualTension with]] ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds him]]''.]]

* The opening trap in ''Film/Saw3D'' concerns two best friends who were dating the same woman who are forced to choose between each other's lives or that of the woman. After spending a good minute trying to kill each other and get the girl, they [[SubvertedTrope realize]] that their girlfriend was a two-timing, backstabbing adulterer who was playing them both, causing them to put BrosBeforeHoes and cut her in half.

* [[MoeAnthropomorphism Greece and Turkey]] in ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' fight over [[HoYay Japan's]] affection, though they're [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny easily distracted]] and not above borrowing a camera and making prints for one another if Japan gets (cute and) angry.

* Ash's Oshawott and Dawn's Piplup over Meloetta, during the Dawn arc of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' 'Best Wishes'.

* A gender-flipped, downplayed, and ultimately averted example occurs in ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild 2.0]]''. [[ChickMagnet Shinji Ikari]], for a small portion of the middle of the second act, has [[UnisexTrope both Asuka and possibly Rei gunning for his affections]] [[ShipperOnDeck (though Asuka is]] ''[[GreenEyedEpiphany certain]]'' [[EveryoneCanSeeIt that she is and that she simply doesn't realize it)]]. The battle ground is [[DownplayedTrope Shinji's]] [[ThroughHisStomach palate]]. [[spoiler: Asuka convinces herself that she's giving her all, but, during the climax of the ''fight'']] [[spoiler: ([[CallBack in a re-do of]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the original]] and [[UncomfortableElevatorMoment awkward]] [[LeaveTheCameraRunning elevator scene]], [[LighterAndSofter though far shorter and with much lower stakes]])]] [[spoiler: Rei, sporting considerably more cuts on her fingers than Asuka, unintentionally reveals that she is the one who's been working harder to please him. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy After seeing this, and confirming that Rei does in fact like Shinji, Asuka surrenders]].]] The outcome is averted [[TimeSkip by]] ''3.0.'' [[spoiler: The Rei of ''2.0'' is either dead or simply absent,]][[spoiler: [[CallBack and Asuka all but states that]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion she'd rather die than do]] ''[[DoubleEntendre it]]'' [[UnresolvedSexualTension with]] ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds him]]''.]]

* Let's just say Germany and Japan ended up in one over Italy in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]''. If Italy hadn't intervened, it would have become a case of [[MurderTheHypotenuse Murder the Hypotenuse]].

Not related to CatFight, but if [[GenderFlip two girls have mutual interest over the same dude]], they ''can'' get into one. It rarely overlaps with a [[OldSchoolDogfight Dogfight]]. ({{Ace Pilot}}s are [[AnOfficerAndAGentleman too classy]] for that.)

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Ronno the Merman and "Wingo" the male Harpy fight over Diana's affections pretty much any time they're in the same issue. While she befriended them both as a teenager in the ComicBook/WonderGirl Impossible Tales her affections ultimately lie with ComicBook/SteveTrevor rather than either of her constantly fighting childhood friends.

* ComicBook/{{Thanos}} and SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} are both in love with Mistress Death, but Death only shows attraction to the Merc with the Mouth, much to Thanos' frustration. It got to the point that Thanos curses Deadpool with [[CursedWithAwesome immortal life]]. As long as Deadpool lives, he wouldn't be able to interfere with Thanos.

* In the 2001 crime comedy ''Film/{{Bandits}}'', bank robbers [[Creator/BruceWillis Joe]] and [[Creator/BillyBobThornton Terry]] both fall in love with the [[ManicPixieDreamGirl slight odd]] but [[{{Adorkable}} adorable]] [[Creator/CateBlanchett Kate]] and [[HilarityEnsues hilariously fight over her in scenes that involve dancing and plate glass windows]]. In a rather surprise twist, [[spoiler:Kate ends up [[OneTrueThreesome choosing both of them]], and they seem to be more than happy to share her.]]

When it comes to the competition itself, it is generally about displaying protectiveness, doing nice things for the girl, strength contests and other kinds of [[DoubleEntendre symbolic measurements comparisons]], preferably in front of her. More often than not, things can get out of hand -- sometimes up to ''physical'' confrontation -- if one of the suitors gets too close to the girl in front of his rival, or worse still, if he openly ''claims'' the girl for himself.

* One episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' had Wes and Gunn get into a physical fight because they were both in love with Fred.
** Angel and Riley essentially do this on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' in one ep as well. Buffy threatened to hospitalize them if they kept it up.
** Angel and Spike do this over Buffy, just adding one more aspect to their competitive relationship. In ''Buffy's'' "Chosen" they both show their petulant jealous sides, but Buffy is more amused than angry. She eventually tells Spike that one day she's just going to put the two of them in a room and let them wrestle it out. When Spike says that's fine with him, [[GuyOnGuyIsHot her eyes widen in excitement and she says "There could be oil of some kind involved..."]]

* ''Film/ThisMeansWar'' is about two CIA agents and FireForgedFriends, Tuck and FDR, using all of the resources at their disposal trying win over Lauren, a woman they both happened to meet on the same night. The fact that there is a very dangerous international terrorist seeking revenge on them for the death of his brother is actually a [[SkewedPriorities distant secondary plotline]] in comparison for most of the movie.

* ''Film/{{Python}}'': John and his former friend Greg (now a sheriff's deputy) are/were involved with the same girl. However, when the giant snake starts rampaging through town and John is implicated for the strange deaths, rather than abusing his power to be a dick, Greg agrees to settle matters mano a mano, and is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who believes that John is innocent.

* In ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'', Bernard competes with Jake over Bianca's affections. Though in this case, Jake isn't openly competing with Bernard, just unaware of his relationship status with Bianca.
* Disney/{{Bambi}} and Faline's dance of love through the clouds is rudely interrupted by another stag, resulting in a savage fight.
* In the "Baia" segment of ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'', several men (including Donald Duck and Jose Carioca) vie for the affections of singer Aurora Miranda (Carmen's sister). At one point, two men stage a stylized dance-fight, with the animation morphing them briefly into roosters.

* Played with in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' with [[spoiler: Lily Evans, James Potter and Severus Snape. What subverts it is that the resentment existed not ''just'' because of Lily; Snape hated James because of James' charmed life and popularity, and James hated Snape because he was a budding [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Death Eater]]. James couldn't understand why Lily would be friends with someone not only generally umpleasant, but who viewed people of her birth as inferior. Lily eventually cut all ties with Snape when he called her a Mudblood, and in their last talk made clear she could no longer justify or excuse him. Meanwhile, once James matured and became a bit more humble, she fell for him, even marrying him when they got out of school.]]

* ''Film/{{Python}}'': The main character John and the sheriff's deputy Greg both have or had a relationship with the same girl (currently and formerly, respectively). However, when the giant snake starts rampaging through town and John is implicated for the strange deaths, rather than abusing his power to be a dick, Greg agrees to settle matters mano a mano, and is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who believes that John is innocent.